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Thomas
voted PGA

Tour player YES
of the year

IN-DIDI

In this Aug. 13, 2017, file pho-
to, Justin Thomas poses with
the Wanamaker Trophy after
winning the PGA Champion-
ship golf tournament at the
Quail Hollow Club in Char-
lotte, N.C.
Associated Press
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
Justin Thomas wrote down
a dozen goals at the start
of the season, some higher
than others, none about
winning PGA Tour player of
the year.
He achieved so much that
Thomas was the obvious
choice.
Thomas had a tour-best
five victories, won his first
major at the PGA Cham-
pionship, set the tour’s 72-
hole scoring record and
captured the FedEx Cup.
After all that, it was no sur-
prise when the tour said
Wednesday that Thomas
had been voted the PGA Yankees top Twins in
Tour player of the year.
The tour does not disclose AL wild-card game
vote totals. Thomas was
on the ballot with British
Open champion Jordan
Spieth, Dustin Johnson
and Hideki Matsuyama.
Thomas made the choice
easy when he closed with
a 66 at East Lake to fin-
ish one shot behind in the
Tour Championship, which
allowed him to win the Fe- New York Yankees’ Didi Gregorius reacts while running
dEx Cup and its $10 million past the dugout on the way to first after hitting a three-
bonus. run home run during the first inning of the American
And then he headed to League wild-card playoff baseball game against the
Liberty National for his first
Presidents Cup, where he Minnesota Twins in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017.
went 3-1-1. Associated Press
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